Hi everyone! I am writing a long story. I am in Humanities and math LEAP. I am going to D.C. in November!
I LOVE MICHIGAN!
I LOVE READING!
I LOVE BEING A NATIONAL FINALIST!
I LOVE BREAD!
I HATE IT WHEN I HAVE TO EAT VEGGIES!
I LOVE COOLMATH!
The Mystery of the Ghost Titanic
Chapter 1: The Sink
As the ship neared Newfoundland, the captain turned toward New York. “A disturbance on the radar screen, sir.”, said the first mate. The captain walked onto the deck. He saw a glint of metal. He muttered “can’t see what that is in this fog.” Then it happened. “Collision course!” came loud and clear. The life-boat was boarding. Everyone was yelling, and a bell kept ringing. Then everything went silent. Gasps."What is it?" asked the captain. A scraping roar. Then everything went black.
“Where, where am I?” said the captain.
“You’re on the life boat”, said the first mate.
“What happened?”
“We were hit.”
“By whom?”
“The ghost of the Titanic.”
“THE TITANIC!”
"Yes, sir."
“How do you know?”
“We saw the name, a big hole filled with water, and the bow and the stern looked like they were going to separate.”
This was weird. The ghost of the Titanic sunk a ship? How could a ghost ship sink a real ship? How could it stay afloat? A mystery was on hand.
“Captain?”
“W-what?”
“Before we sunk, we sent an SOS to the nearby USS Calpatina.”
“Good.”
The first mate could hear a hint of sadness in the captain’s voice. This man was not so tough after all. The captain was large and bulky, smelling of salt water and sounded always rough and tough. But, not so! He had feelings, like everyone. And the sinking of his ship left his feelings exposed.
* The ship had come! “Our SOS worked!”, exclaimed the first mate. But the captain was staring at something in the distance. “We are in danger.” the captain said. “The ghost ship is coming!” “You’re right!” said the first mate. “And she’s heading toward the ship.” Indeed. The ghost Titanic was heading straight toward the rescue ship! Each second pounded like an hour. The noise level grew as the ghost ship crawled closer. Scraping roar. The captain was staring into space. He must be remember. This is the second sinking of a ship in two days. The first mate saw the lifeboats being lowered into the water. Soon they would have a companion lifeboat. But with the sinking of a second ship, the captain could care less about having someone to talk to.
Chapter 2 The Journey
The last tip of the ship disappeared in the fog, so did the ghost ship. “We’re safe,” said the first mate. “No”, I said, “We are not.” “Nonsense,” he said.
“It’s coming for us.”
“No way.”
“I order you to row.”
“Force me.”
“I won’t, but he will.”
I pointed. He looked. The ghost ship headed toward us.
“Row, everyone row!”
*
"We can't keep ahead of her for long. But look! I see an iceberg field! She can't go in!" said I. So we did. Then we looked back. But after we looked back, to see if we had been followed, the fog rolled in.
*
The journey thought the field was long and perilous. Icebergs were invisible until you were about to hit them. Careful navigating was the key. We met up with another lifeboat from our SOS ship. By then it was nightfall. I swam to the nearest iceberg. The water was freezing. I waved the lifeboats in. I used some rope and tied the boats to a stake of ice. We slept on the iceberg. It was cold! We woke up early and made it out of the field. We just came out when a glint of metal showed. Oh no. Then the tip of a steamer appeared. It was coming. The ghost ship was headed right toward us!
Chapter 3 * The Necklace
The first mate looked to the captain. "Head back to the camping iceberg!" captain said. As we went through the salt-smelling, green, freezing water, we saw the plateau iceberg where we camped. "I've never thrown a lasso before, but I'll try it!" The captain said, he succeeded. As the rope pulled taut, out of the corner of his eye, the first mate saw someone drop a gold necklace into the water. The captain did too. After he pulled the ships in, he said "Welcome back, to cold smooth, white home sweet home."
"Ha ha," said first mate.
"Well at least we're out of brown, cramped, salt-smelling, waxy feeling home sweet home."
"Well, I'm homesick for white, comfortable, sea-smelling, hard safe home sweet home."
"Let's just sleep."
The captain woke up midnight and took us out to the open ocean. The host ship was nowhere in sight. We rowed and rowed. The first mate checked his compass. "We're going in circles!" he exclaimed.
"Then we can scuba dive! You see, I dropped my priceless necklace down there.", the woman who had lost the necklace said. "Okay," the captain said.
"Attendant, keep watch above."
"Yes, sir." The first mate wondered why the captain wanted to scuba dive.
The attendant pulled some stuff out of our crash survival kit.
"Here it is sir."
"First mate, come with me."
"Yes, sir."
They jumped off the rim of the boat and dived down.
"Look, there's a glint of gold!", the captain said.
"I'll get it."
The first mate went down and grabbed it.
"This isn't a gold necklace! It's a Spanish Dubloon."
"There must be tons of them nearby!"
"But we don't have time to get them! Get that necklace."
The first mate found it. After they got to the surface, some one called, "Ghost ship!"
Chapter 4 The Treasure
I don't know why I did it. I just thought maybe, just maybe, I could see my ship again. Instead, I saw eighty lifetimes salary for me. I just gave my command ("Row!") and ordered the firs mate to come back under. "Find the coin.", I said to the thin, soap-smelling man who sounded of a parrot.
"Yes, sir."
He beckoned me over. "Find the rest.", I said.
He looked around till he saw a brown chest. He wrenched it open. Voila! Eighty lifetimes salary for me. I checked my waterproof GPS. I bookmarked it (A feature my techno-savy attendant had installed) under "treasure". I returned to the surface. The first mate came along. We swam to the life boat.
"Get onto the iceberg!", I said.
"But they'll be circling us! We'll be trapped."
"Just do it!"
So we got onto the ice berg. We set up camp for the night. The ghost ship circled us. I half smiled. We were safe, for now.
Chapter 5 The Boarding
The first mate started the fire. The captain waited. And waited. And waited.
"Dinner is served!", came the shout. The first mate handed out plates.
"What's for dinner?", some one asked.
"Pork, green beans, fruit salad, biscuits, and ice cream with water."
The captain frowned. The pork looked, smelled, and tasted like burnt ashes. The green beans weren't green; they smelled like the garbage can and tasted like burnt ashes. The fruit salad looked burnt, smelled like dirt, and tasted like burnt ashes. The biscuits looked like hamburger patties, smelled like burnt paper, and tasted like burnt ashes
"First mate! I don't think you are supposed to cook the ice cream!", someone said. The first mate flashed a sheepish grin.
"Sorry."
Right then it happened. The ghost ship appeared. It pulled it's hole up to the iceberg. Then a captain looked over the edge. Everyone freaked out.
"First mate!" the captain said. "Board her!" He slinked off to get the scuba suits. Then they crept right into the hole. This mystery would be cleared up once and for all.
*
The first mate walked through the giant rooms. Eventually, they walked into the cabin hallway. They kept walking. Then they saw the grand staircase. The captain stood and looked at the staircase in awe.
"Captain! You're sinking!", said the first mate. He was. He barely pulled himself out.
"Don't stand in one place for too long," the captain said.
Then we arrived on deck. The first mate saw something. It was a person! Then, more appeared! They chased the first mate and captain back. Then they first mate ran to the edge of the deck. He yelled, "Geronimo!" and jumped off. Then he saw the captain jump off too. They splashed and went down under the ship.
"Hey, what's that?" the captain said. The first mate spotted a submarine. It was heading to the treasure chest the captain found! Then the first mate saw a giant magnet on the underside of the ship. There was also an under sea traveler probe with another giant magnet attached to it. "Ah ha!" said the captain. "That probe is being controlled from the ship. The magnets keep it from sinking. That ship is no ghost!"
"But what about when you were sinking?" said the first mate. "It was a loose floor board!" the captain replied. "We've got to catch the ship. And I've got just the plan."
The captain dived down and switched the magnet from "repel" to "attract". The submarine was pulled down to the probe. Everyone in the submarine was pulled down to the probe. Then the ship went down. Everyone in the submarine got out and swam to the surface. So did the captain and first mate. They saw everyone was on the iceberg. The sailors tied the criminals up. Then the captain pulled the mask off the captain of the ghost ship. "Just as I thought," he said. "Jack Ransome, famous explorer. He wanted to keep everyone away from the treasure so he could take it. While doing that, he caused $500,000 in damage."
"You're right. When I figured out there was treasure here, I built my ship, submarine, and undersea probe and came here. I am sorry I sunk your ship, but the treasure is MINE!" Then Jack threw his pocket knife through the rope and it fell into the ocean. "I will defeat you and take the treasure!" he said. "BWA HA HA HA HA!"
Chapter 6 The Fight
I ducked under his first punch.
"Miss!" he said.
I delivered mine. He fell over. I knocked into him. He jumped onto me. I slid under his punch. He played limbo under my punch. I kicked out. He dodged. He karate-chopped and missed. He kept pushing me back, punch after punch, kick after kick.
"Captain! Look out!" cried the first mate.
I looked behind me. I saw a towering cliff. I slipped aside. Jack fell but held on.
"Help me," he said.
I could have thrown him into the sea. But I didn't. I pulled him up.
"Thank you," he said.
"The treasure is yours. I will pay for all the ships I sunk."
"Okay, I'll go into the ocean and release the sub and ghost ship," I said. "I'll use the sub claw to grab the treasure."
"I'll show you how to operate the submarine."
So we did. I sold the treasure to a museum, and Jack gave me enough money to buy a ship. Jack and I are now partners, and we sail the seas using Jack's gadgets to explore the sea floor. We made some very important discoveries, and we are now very famous explorers. We recently explored the challenger deep, and now we are taking a break from exploring. The first mate is building a new, stronger claw to use in our exploring. Then Jack encouraged us to write a book about this. So we worked, read edited and revised. Soon we published the book. It was an instant bestseller. Then we went back to exploring. One day, we were heading for Newfoundland, when something appeared on the radar screen...
The (maybe) End
Poems by Noah
10/7/09
I hit the P.
I hit the O.
I hit the E.
I hit the M.
I hit the S.
I hit the POEMS!
10/13/09
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10/13/09
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Poem Trouble
I wrote a poem:
FAT
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CHAT
CAT
It's a poem, right?
If that's not a poem, is this?
I AM FAT
I HAVE A MAT
I HAVE A RAT
I OWN A VAT
I CHAT
I HAVE A CAT
Thats a poem, isn't it?
Please tell me this one's a poem:
MY CAT IS LIKE A LION,
SHE LIKES HER MAT,
SHE LIKES TO LIE AROUND,
SHE IS VERY FAT.
Thank you.
Are you sure poems don't have to rhyme?
So this is a poem:
GREAT
FUNKY
GOOGLE
BOARD
LIFE
SUPER
MAN
Poems have to make sense?
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10/21/09
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Proudly presenting... Noah's science project,
The Spiky Bacterium!
Habitat/Adaptions:
The tropical rainforest is where the Bacterium calls home. It get 80-180 inches of rain per year. This increases the risk of flooding, erosion, and leaching of nutrients from the soil. The rain forest has lots of diverse plants, and scientists believe that over half the world's plant species live there. The forest is very thick, and many places do not have much sunlight, while some have lots of sunlight. My plant has adapted waxy stems, flowers, and leaves to make the water run off.
One stem of my plant climbs on top of a tree to the sunlight. It lives off a tree and gets minerals from that. It has bowls in its leaves to catch rainwater. The plant grows low on the tree and grows stems low on the ground so insects will pollinate it because there is not much wind.
Description:
The Spiky Bacterium is 7-8 ft tall, which is excluding the sunlight stem, which is 200-300 ft tall, depending on the height of the tree. The flowers are 6-12 inches across, and bright orange yellow. The plant is spiky and green. There is one leaf at the top of the sunlight stem, and 7 on the main stem. There are 4 seeding stems growing toward the floor. These each have about 4 flowers. The leafs are green. The plant is herbaceous.
Life cycle:
The Spiky Bacterium is a perrinnial. Insects pollinate the flower by landing on the anther then flying to the stigma. The plant uses the pollen to make bacteria-shaped seeds. When the flower wilts, the seeds fall out and attach themselves to animals paws. After 5 minutes, the seed spins its propeller and comes free of the animal. The seed germinates a stem to 7-8 ft up the nearest tree. Then the seed maturates by growing a stem around the tree and growing a sunlight stem to the top of the tree, and finally growing its spikes and leaves. In the spring, the reproduction stem grows, and flowers open up. They are pollinated and produce seeds. After many years, the Bacterium snaps apart, and all stems fall off the tree and rot.
Noah,
This is excellent, good use of detail and terms from our unit. Way to go!
Mr. K.
Mr. K,
Thank you.
Noah
The Bolivian deforestation looks like a mosaic by an abstract artist.
2291 S Havana St. Aurora, Araphahoe, Colorado, 80247-possible location of percy's first IM.
story
I was in a library looking for a hologram about how the internet was used for ancient history. I walked into a display case. On top of the case was a hologram about popular legends. I grabbed it. I turned it on and the guy who showed up looked like he just got out of bed and had been Holographic messaging his friends for 99% of his life.
He said, "Greetings! shall we begin with Antartica?"
I said,"Uh...sure."
He said,"Antartica was a continent long ago, from certain sources. According to some, it sunk around 2400 AD. Many have said it is a base for the IGGWN. Select of those have spread that there are entrances hidden from the naked eye to this continent. But just because I like you, the elect of population have said that there is a way to get to that place without becoming one with them; the golden key of Antartica!
0 0 0
I sat in ancient history class. The teacher was talking about the business uses of the internet tool called "facebook". I was H-Ming Sue, who was on lookout duty and watching enemy monitor. You couldn't be too careful with enemies all over the place.
"I'll show you the monitor,"said Sue. She turned off. Then the monitor came on. "The IGGWN are coming like triangles, the bubble pirates like dots, and the middletown gang like the claws."
Just then the building shook. An explosion. Uh-oh. I hope this is the lab. It wasn't. An anouncement said to jump out the window. I did. Then I headed to get my cat pilot. I got in my starship. Everybody's starship's lifted off. An announcement on the speaker said everyone was fine. Then I noticed enemies on the monitor moving away. We were safe. For now.
2500
The speech was execellent in every single area. I jumped in a star taxi.
"Where to?" the driver asked.
"D.C.," I replied. "National mall, steps of the Lincoln."
I pondered the speech. It was perfect. I began, the model in the tarp beside me.
"Friends! The outlaws of the galaxy have made the law weak! We need a new dominantary force in the galaxy! Therefore; I have plans for this force, I am ready to make it happen. All I need is your approval. I have made a model of one of these ships of this force, I have revised and edited this model, it is perfect as my idea. There is also one of the fighters under this curtain. Ladies and Gentlemen, I proudly present to you, The Incredibly Gigantic Galactic War Navy!"
As I said this, I pulled back the tarp. The fighter was better in every way than any other fighter, so was the starship. My force would take the law down! Travel space and destroy smaller forces! It would take over the galaxy.
Many of them took my side.
"IGGWN! Keith Hussel! IGGWN!"
They were convinced. Part A of my master plan was on track.
"Meow!" I meowed. That dog next door is up to no good. It was huge this time. Not the usual I'll-stick-my-fake-rubber-chicken-on-your-plate-while-I-eat-the-real-one-trouble, but big trouble. I spy on him from the rafters. He was doodling star-claws on his paper. He was making math caculations for computer chips that allowed dogs to shoot out their claws. He was ready. He started to get some dogs. They drooled while he explained. They agreed. Then they went in a shed. A few hours later they came out...with a ship. They inspected it and it was perfect. They got more dogs. Then they went back in the shed to work more.
We were following the IGGWN. An alarm went off. Some stick fighters would be after us. We headed off their trail and stopped on one of those "Welcome to the Jovian Planets!" rest stops. We weren't alone. Some Middletown dogs were there, too. They were sitting in front of us eating hot dogs. One noticed. Uh-oh. He shot his claws. I ducked. His claws got stuck in a wall. This happened repeadetly. On about the 86th time. I pulled a nut out of my pocket and threw it right between the gears holding the rest stop in place, the artificial gravity together, and the shipyard attached. I ran out to it. If we missed it, we were stuck. I grabbed Sue and got her in the ship. We lifted off. There goes some bad doggies. We were safe.
We headed after the IGGWN Hostile. We were nearing the Great Red Spot when a volley of junk came out the back. We had time to avoid it and look back when it forged itself into something dangerous...
"Wonderful," I said as I walked into the factory. It was in a bubble beneath the ocean. It was so secret. Only authorized members would be allowed in. The golden key would be well protected. The command ship was done. Two regular ships were done. All of the repair and build ships were done. It was time for launch. The pads were ready. Everything was ready. The gate was open to a portal to space. We would conquer the galaxy. The repair and build ships would build more ships. I walked into the report room. All Holovisions were working. The central HV blared the countdown to launch. 3.2.1.
"Seville Hopkinson will feel my revenge!" I said as I pressed the launch button. "Bwahahahaha!"
The hostile shrinker. It could shrink anything. Like a demo, the thing shot a beam of light that unfolded into a net. It shrunk a middletown gang cruiser to microsopic size.
Just then the cat's collar went,"fffffffffft!" Sue decided to fix it. Did I mention cat's collars talk? It wanted to tell us something was wrong. I figured it out just as Sue pornounced "There! Good as new!"
I quickly told her," I think we have bigger problems; we're about to fly into the Great Red Spot!"
Are you annoyed with me yet? I mean, cliffhangers everywhere, hard words, onconferciple intercuts? And words like you just read. Onconferciple. That is a nonsense word. We've only mentioned the key 2 times! If you want to see how this ends, cut to the last paragraph. Go ahead. Otherwise, keep reading.
Two good things and one bad:
#1: good: We made it out of the spot.
#2: bad: The engine malfunctioned.
#3: good: We all got in an oxegen flexible bubble.
So we climbed into the junk outlet on the Hostile. We climbed through the perfect model of a military starship. Sue and I wanderded around until we came to a starship room. It was a vast expanse of doors, decks and walkways. We walked around till we came to a luxury stick fighter.
We climbed into it and hit reverse. The door opened behind me and I dropped money out the window to pay for this thing. When we got out of the ship, I took my hands off the control to make the crew think this fighter malfunctioned, so the maintenance threw it off. When we were out of range, I sped out of the IGGWN fleet and tried to figure out what we were going to do. I thought we could look for the golden key of Antartica, but Sue thought we should destroy the IGGWN from the inside. We finally decided to do whatever came our way. The cat was guiding us through space when it took a catnap and we found ourselves in the bubble pirate fleet. They naturally opened fire. I should have told the guys we were not responsible for lost of blown-up starships.
Sue exclaimed, "Look! An unmanned bubble! And another!"
I replied,"Their pilots are coming toward us with engine damagers!"
I got in my oxegen bubble, (along with the cat) and so did Sue. I got in one and got out of the fleet. Back to the IGGWN, where no one would notice us.
I was, of course, wrong.
I was here. Right here. It was time for revenge. I walked out of the starship and rang the doorbell of the kid who always beat me up.
He opened and said,"Why, it's you, Keith! Come back to play?"
"Yes," I replied.
"Then, let's play!"
I punched him. He kicked me. This happened for a long time. We were behind the ramp...In front of the house...Tearing up the garden. Soon I got tired and jumped on the ramp. It lifted me into the ship. I took a portal to the report room. I told second-in-command to surround the house. But the law got there. I engaged them. I won. My rein of terror began. Part 4 done...Now for part 3. Where is he? That guy...he's escaping! Super speed! Stick fighters! Intercept him. Uh-oh! The law is back. Half force! Defeat law! Law defeated! Where's my fighter? I'll get Seville myself. Collision course. I don't care. BOOM! Explosion...Falling...Falling...Falling...Falling...Ouch...Hit Ground...Black.
I walked toward Seville's and Keith's room. They were really hurt. They had casts everywhere. I walked in and checked on them. They had just woken up. They were attacking each other. Eventually they went to sleep.
Sleep murmurs of Keith R. Hussel:
"Get Seville...Hopkinson...Ouch...AAAAHH...IGGWN."
Sleep murmurs of Seville Hopkinson:
"Get away...Hussel...Ouch."
Patient Keith R. Hussel medical records:
July 9-12 he was here. Had X-ray. Diagnosed with 5 broken bones. Unconcius for 2 days. Dissapeared on the 12. No clues whatsoever. X_
Patient Seville Hopkinson medical records:
Here July 9-12. Had X-ray. 3 broken bones. Dissapeared without a trace on the 12.
X_
One very dramatic alarm clock is when a sick fighter zooms by your starship, with cannons blazing. I turned my forcefield on. The IGGWN had it's entire force focused on blowing a space bubble to smithereans. The forcefield flickered. My engine exploded. I got my oxegen bubble. My stuff and cat got in it with me. I moved to the hostile shrinker. I was suprised when Sue came in, too. We moved out of the loading bay and moved through the main corridor. One room I remember passing is a room that shot the light. It contained a steering wheel, and 4 buttons. Then we came into the report room. Sue sat in a chair in the middle.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"Taking my true position," She replied, opening her fist to reveal a black IGGWN cruiser."I am the leader of the IGGWN, and a spy."
If Sue is your favorite character, you can drop this book and go read some book that doesn't involve favorite characters becoming spys. Maybe you would like Old Yeller. Otherwise, keep reading.
I was shocked. "How dare you spy for them!" I yelled."They're...uh...badguys!"
"You believe a lie," Sue whispered, her voice mixing with a stronger voice-a man's. She was turning blue."The IGGWN will crush the law and rule the galaxy. The golden key is well protected. No one will dare speak revolt!" Sue flickered, and dissapeared. Where she was standing was a tall man. I did what anybody would do. I grabbed the nearest thing, a doughnut and a cup of coffee. The Ex-Sue ordered a doze guards to get me. I dumped coffee on their shirts. I took the doughnut and threw it at someone. He fell over from surprise, and then I threw the cup and hit one, who started the domino effect. I ran out, and back to the shooting room. I moved the laser so it was facing a mirror. I pressed a button that said "slow fire." I kept running. Alarms. They knew what was going on. They evacuated. So did I. I was in my oxygen bubble. 1 hostile shrinker down. 599 ships to go.
Launch date, I assume. Dogs everywhere, helping build the claw things. Now everyone, except for one each ship, was getting in. The ones outside pushed a button and hurried along to another one. They got in. Then all claw things went off. I got in my cat cruiser and followed them.
I've had kittens! I'm teaching them to drive the ship so I can take naps. Soon there will be lots of flying cats!
A human found us. Now I am being helped teach kittens to drive. He wants me to teach and have more kittens. He makes me a nice home. I'm happy.
"Since the mysterious dissapearence of Keith Hussel, we now know you as supreme commander of the Incredibly Gigantic Galactic War Navy. Here is your ID." The attendent said as he handed me the card."Here is a portal to the report room." I took the portal and settled in. A HV turned on and and warned me about dangers. "Engage them," I said with a wave of my hand."They will meet each other once you pull the fleet up, and that will weaken them so we can come in for victory." I took a nap. When I woke up, we had won. We were supreme rulers of Galactia. Everyone else would be taken care of. But we had the advantage.
The cheapest air bubbles do pop. I found a house in some space junk and made it airtight. I attached it to the Hostile. It just released a volley of spaceships that must have been from several star cruisers. I latched onto one. It took me to another starship. Just as I entered, The Hostile crashed onto some planet. It had been evacuated. I had boarded the command ship. I saw Ex-Sue and followed him. He walked into a room filled with HV's. He saw me and stretched out his hand. A bunch of people attacked me. I picked up something on the floor. I poked the people and looked at it. It was a self-destruct button. I pressed it. It blew up. Oh great. I found a keyboard. I pressed self-destruct on the keyboard. I jumped in and oxygen bubble and so did Ex-Sue. Then the ship exploded. I got out of there and headed to planet X.
I landed in front of a base that said: "Golden Key of Antartica! Right here!" Okay. I swung on my hook to security entrance level. I picked the lock. Inside was a case holding a key. It was guarded by 2 guards. I had to get the key. I turned on a hologram to distract the guards. As soon as they were gone, I opened the case and got the key. It wasn't a key. It was a holo-map. I grabbed it and got out. An X. A blinking dot. I moved. The dot moved. I headed toward the X. Soon I was over the X. Some other people must have heard, because there were ships circling around in full battle mode, cannons blazing. I couldn't believe it. Ther was nothing there, except for a rock. I picked it up. It turned blue and melted. I was holding a key. I put it in my pocket, and I saw a stick fighter. It was for rent. Huh? I got on. Ex- Sue was there to. I told him,"Sorry! Unauthorized personnel aboard!" I turned the nose vertical, and opened the back hatch. Ex-Sue (We'll call him Mr.) fell out. I zoomed off and headed toward Earth, unaware that I was facing my greatest danger yet.
"Arghh...ye maties...hold 'n. Yen't a matie. Ope' 'ire! Ye say'ng wha' ? Hi'to'y ye wa't? Gu' He wa'ted jewe's a'd co'ns. Treasure! Arghh...Ye got treasure? Search ye, I'll. Ye no' un'er's'an'in, He'e's t'e egl'i'h s'ea'er."
"What my kind friend is communicating to you is that the founder of the bubble pirates was a greedy boy who wanted riches for himself; jewels, coins, etc. He recruited people like him and helped them build bubble ships. He continues by saying that those people got more people and continued building. The starter was replaced every generation. the pirates looted and when they got enough money they we-"
"I di'n't sey that. Ye ca'n't un'er's'an. Ye c'n g' n'w. By'!
"My deepest salutation and gratitude for your con-"
I returned to huge forces gathered over Earth. When they saw me, they opened fire, and the battle began. I had been taught well for this scenario, so I activated my learning. Turn on. I turn on the disguise hologram. I look like a normal stick fighter, not a luxury one. Go with the flow. I found a group of sticks and followed them. Dive. I'm out. The IGGWN will hold out longer than the others, But if I can infiltrate their Antartica base...I have the golden key. I zoomed toward earth. I came up on an island with a door way and recognition system. I found a slot and stuck the key in. It opened. I got in my ship and zoomed in. I was in some space with ice on the bottom and air bubble wall on top. An airfield, living quarters, and security building. Completely deserted. I got to bust this base. I threw a nut at the air bubble runner. It stopped. I got in my ship and zipped out. As I came out, the entrance folded into the island. Soon the forces would destroy each other.
Mr. stood on the platform above the jail. He confessed to being the leader of the IGGWN and was convicted guilty. He was banished to jail in Antartica. The air bubbles had been renewed. This also happened to the leaders of the Middletown gang and the bubble pirates. The rein of terror was over. At the big battle everyone destroyed each other. Their forces had no power. Their would always be a few, but not enough to terrorize the galaxy. There won't be peace. There isn't. I, Jack Frothy, hope there won't be a rein of terror for a few hundred years...
"A new age is coming, assistant," exclaimed Hennel Jackson. "The age of my rule over the galaxy approaches! I will use my massive fleet to conquer the galaxy bit by bit. If anyone speaks revolt, he or she will pay for it." He gritted his teeth. He was probably right. From this ship you could see the nearest planet without a break in ships. "With my iron fist, I will control the galaxy! Bwahahahaha!"
So untold millions screamed in fear, and were quickly supressed.
This paragraph was included for those of you who skipped to the end. It is most awful to do that, as it ruins the story.
A report on the topic of the French and Indian war
For the advancement of knowledge in areas unbeknowst to the general population, I have taken the burden upon myself to do a report on the topic of the French and Indian war. Without a doubt, this is one of the most overlooked topics in the history of the United States of America. It is listed in the list of Forgotten wars. So I looked through several sources to confirm my information, and now pass it on to you.
Events leading to the war
The Ohio Country was in hot dispute during the 1740's. France had buried lead plates suggesting it was theirs. England wanted to sell it to colonists. So, to reinforce the lead plate warning. France attacked the Miami village Pickawillinway, and forced British traders out. To protect their territory, French soldiers built forts in a chain around the Ohio country. After this, a letter from British soldier Robert Dinwiddie claimed:
"Sir, the country on the Ohio river... is so the property of the British that I am both surprised and [hurt] on hearing that a [band] of French troops is [building] fortresses...on this river."
A reply from the French military leader said:
"Whatever your insructions are, I also have mine, which are: to remain here by order of my general..."
Dinwiddie was mad and sent soldiers to protect a small trading post near present day Pittsburg. George Washington led the party. French took the post before he arrived and built Fort Duquesne (Du-kwAn) there. Washington realized his force was too small, so he backed out and built Fort Necessity. Both nations denyed the other access to the Ohio country.
Fort Duquesne
Fort Duquesne was on the current site of Pittsburg. It was built by the French. William Trent had a trading post on the site of the merging of the Allegheny and Monongahela. It was easy to get to, so he made lots of money. In 1754 the French took the post and built fort Duquesne. The French had captured other English outposts, and the British were going to fight to reclaim them. In 1758, the British finally triumphed and renamed the fort Fort Pitt after English prime minister William Pitt. In the Revolutionary war, the colonists claimed the fort. Later, the city of Pittsburg was named after this fort.
Fort Necessity
Fort Nesessity was built by George washington as a small stockade in 1754. The dispute over territory had led to war. The French built Fort Duquesne to defend the Ohio country as theirs. George Washington was sent to take the fort, but he realized his force of Virginia militiamen was too small. He retreated and built Fort Necessity. With his fort, Washington thought natives would realize Britain owned the land, and join his side. But on July 3rd, Natives and French overwhelmed the fort, and made Washington promise not to build another fort ofn the Ohio country for at least a year. He got safe passage home in exchange.
The war continues
In 1755, Major General Edward Braddock came to America to coquer Fort Duquesne. In the battle, Braddock himself fell. The French won. But later, the English were more succesful. They won a battle and built two new forts. In 1756, Britain declared war on France. The French had better luck. They took two English forts. But, in 1758, the British got the upper hand. The great British empire made peace with the Native Americans. The French knew their allies were gone, so they destroyed most of Fort Duquesne and ran. The English renamed it Fort Pitt. In 1759, the British laid Seige to Quebec. Quebec was the stronghold of New France. If it was surrendered, England would win. The world held its breath. The seige was succesful! The British owned the New world. The war continued in other countries, until the treaty of Paris.
Consequences of the war
At the treaty of Paris, the French handed over control of the land east of the Missisippi except New orleans to Britain. Spain got the rest. Meanwhile, in the the Americas, the Indians remained hostile to the British. Indian rebbelions lasted to 1764, when peace finally reigned. The British decided that since the war took place in the colonies, they should pay for it. This lead to taxes such as the Stamp act. The war was a terrirtorial loss for France, gain for Britain and Spain, and neutural for the colonies.
Places named after people in the war
Logan county, Ohio: Named after Mingo leader Logan. The settlers who disobeyed the proclamation by the British to not go west of the appalachian mountains, some of them killed members of Logan's family. This proclamation was made to try not to offend the Native Americans. Logan thought the English were against him. He spoke his feelings in Logan's Lament.
Washington D.C., numerous other places: Named after colonist George Washington. He played a major part in the whole Fort Duquesne/Necessity mess. Soon he would help liberate our country.
Pittsburg: Named after William Pitt. He was the Prime Minister and the one who decided to make the war in the New World England's victory. He sent a huge number of British troops into America to turn the tide of the war.
The French and Indian war was an utter waste, for European territorial purposes, a loss for everyone, population wise. The French and Indian war was in the middle of a chain reaction, started by greed: greed for territory, French and Indian war, treaty of Paris, taxes, Revolution. The Revolution was started by a desire for justice, not greed, and made the French and Indian war be a waste of life. Heed the lesson of history, or you may find it repeating itself in an unexpected way.
Noah's Stuff
Hi everyone! I am writing a long story. I am in Humanities and math LEAP. I am going to D.C. in November!I LOVE MICHIGAN!
I LOVE READING!
I LOVE BEING A NATIONAL FINALIST!
I LOVE BREAD!
I HATE IT WHEN I HAVE TO EAT VEGGIES!
I LOVE COOLMATH!
The Mystery of the Ghost Titanic
Chapter 1: The Sink
As the ship neared Newfoundland, the captain turned toward New York. “A disturbance on the radar screen, sir.”, said the first mate. The captain walked onto the deck. He saw a glint of metal. He muttered “can’t see what that is in this fog.” Then it happened. “Collision course!” came loud and clear. The life-boat was boarding. Everyone was yelling, and a bell kept ringing. Then everything went silent. Gasps."What is it?" asked the captain. A scraping roar. Then everything went black.“Where, where am I?” said the captain.
“You’re on the life boat”, said the first mate.
“What happened?”
“We were hit.”
“By whom?”
“The ghost of the Titanic.”
“THE TITANIC!”
"Yes, sir."“How do you know?”
“We saw the name, a big hole filled with water, and the bow and the stern looked like they were going to separate.”
This was weird. The ghost of the Titanic sunk a ship? How could a ghost ship sink a real ship? How could it stay afloat? A mystery was on hand.
“Captain?”“W-what?”
“Before we sunk, we sent an SOS to the nearby USS Calpatina.”
“Good.”
The first mate could hear a hint of sadness in the captain’s voice. This man was not so tough after all. The captain was large and bulky, smelling of salt water and sounded always rough and tough. But, not so! He had feelings, like everyone. And the sinking of his ship left his feelings exposed.
*
The ship had come! “Our SOS worked!”, exclaimed the first mate. But the captain was staring at something in the distance. “We are in danger.” the captain said. “The ghost ship is coming!” “You’re right!” said the first mate. “And she’s heading toward the ship.” Indeed. The ghost Titanic was heading straight toward the rescue ship! Each second pounded like an hour. The noise level grew as the ghost ship crawled closer. Scraping roar. The captain was staring into space. He must be remember. This is the second sinking of a ship in two days. The first mate saw the lifeboats being lowered into the water. Soon they would have a companion lifeboat. But with the sinking of a second ship, the captain could care less about having someone to talk to.
Chapter 2 The Journey
The last tip of the ship disappeared in the fog, so did the ghost ship. “We’re safe,” said the first mate. “No”, I said, “We are not.” “Nonsense,” he said.
“It’s coming for us.”
“No way.”
“I order you to row.”
“Force me.”
“I won’t, but he will.”
I pointed. He looked. The ghost ship headed toward us.
“Row, everyone row!”
*
"We can't keep ahead of her for long. But look! I see an iceberg field! She can't go in!" said I. So we did. Then we looked back. But after we looked back, to see if we had been followed, the fog rolled in.
*
The journey thought the field was long and perilous. Icebergs were invisible until you were about to hit them. Careful navigating was the key. We met up with another lifeboat from our SOS ship. By then it was nightfall. I swam to the nearest iceberg. The water was freezing. I waved the lifeboats in. I used some rope and tied the boats to a stake of ice. We slept on the iceberg. It was cold! We woke up early and made it out of the field. We just came out when a glint of metal showed. Oh no. Then the tip of a steamer appeared. It was coming. The ghost ship was headed right toward us!
Chapter 3 * The Necklace
The first mate looked to the captain. "Head back to the camping iceberg!" captain said. As we went through the salt-smelling, green, freezing water, we saw the plateau iceberg where we camped. "I've never thrown a lasso before, but I'll try it!" The captain said, he succeeded. As the rope pulled taut, out of the corner of his eye, the first mate saw someone drop a gold necklace into the water. The captain did too. After he pulled the ships in, he said "Welcome back, to cold smooth, white home sweet home.""Ha ha," said first mate.
"Well at least we're out of brown, cramped, salt-smelling, waxy feeling home sweet home."
"Well, I'm homesick for white, comfortable, sea-smelling, hard safe home sweet home."
"Let's just sleep."
The captain woke up midnight and took us out to the open ocean. The host ship was nowhere in sight. We rowed and rowed. The first mate checked his compass. "We're going in circles!" he exclaimed.
"Then we can scuba dive! You see, I dropped my priceless necklace down there.", the woman who had lost the necklace said. "Okay," the captain said.
"Attendant, keep watch above."
"Yes, sir." The first mate wondered why the captain wanted to scuba dive.
The attendant pulled some stuff out of our crash survival kit.
"Here it is sir."
"First mate, come with me."
"Yes, sir."
They jumped off the rim of the boat and dived down.
"Look, there's a glint of gold!", the captain said.
"I'll get it."
The first mate went down and grabbed it.
"This isn't a gold necklace! It's a Spanish Dubloon."
"There must be tons of them nearby!"
"But we don't have time to get them! Get that necklace."
The first mate found it. After they got to the surface, some one called, "Ghost ship!"
Chapter 4 The Treasure
I don't know why I did it. I just thought maybe, just maybe, I could see my ship again. Instead, I saw eighty lifetimes salary for me. I just gave my command ("Row!") and ordered the firs mate to come back under. "Find the coin.", I said to the thin, soap-smelling man who sounded of a parrot.
"Yes, sir."
He beckoned me over. "Find the rest.", I said.
He looked around till he saw a brown chest. He wrenched it open. Voila! Eighty lifetimes salary for me. I checked my waterproof GPS. I bookmarked it (A feature my techno-savy attendant had installed) under "treasure". I returned to the surface. The first mate came along. We swam to the life boat.
"Get onto the iceberg!", I said.
"But they'll be circling us! We'll be trapped."
"Just do it!"
So we got onto the ice berg. We set up camp for the night. The ghost ship circled us. I half smiled. We were safe, for now.
Chapter 5 The Boarding
The first mate started the fire. The captain waited. And waited. And waited.
"Dinner is served!", came the shout. The first mate handed out plates.
"What's for dinner?", some one asked.
"Pork, green beans, fruit salad, biscuits, and ice cream with water."
The captain frowned. The pork looked, smelled, and tasted like burnt ashes. The green beans weren't green; they smelled like the garbage can and tasted like burnt ashes. The fruit salad looked burnt, smelled like dirt, and tasted like burnt ashes. The biscuits looked like hamburger patties, smelled like burnt paper, and tasted like burnt ashes
"First mate! I don't think you are supposed to cook the ice cream!", someone said. The first mate flashed a sheepish grin.
"Sorry."
Right then it happened. The ghost ship appeared. It pulled it's hole up to the iceberg. Then a captain looked over the edge. Everyone freaked out.
"First mate!" the captain said. "Board her!" He slinked off to get the scuba suits. Then they crept right into the hole. This mystery would be cleared up once and for all.
*
The first mate walked through the giant rooms. Eventually, they walked into the cabin hallway. They kept walking. Then they saw the grand staircase. The captain stood and looked at the staircase in awe.
"Captain! You're sinking!", said the first mate. He was. He barely pulled himself out.
"Don't stand in one place for too long," the captain said.
Then we arrived on deck. The first mate saw something. It was a person! Then, more appeared! They chased the first mate and captain back. Then they first mate ran to the edge of the deck. He yelled, "Geronimo!" and jumped off. Then he saw the captain jump off too. They splashed and went down under the ship.
"Hey, what's that?" the captain said. The first mate spotted a submarine. It was heading to the treasure chest the captain found! Then the first mate saw a giant magnet on the underside of the ship. There was also an under sea traveler probe with another giant magnet attached to it. "Ah ha!" said the captain. "That probe is being controlled from the ship. The magnets keep it from sinking. That ship is no ghost!"
"But what about when you were sinking?" said the first mate. "It was a loose floor board!" the captain replied. "We've got to catch the ship. And I've got just the plan."
The captain dived down and switched the magnet from "repel" to "attract". The submarine was pulled down to the probe. Everyone in the submarine was pulled down to the probe. Then the ship went down. Everyone in the submarine got out and swam to the surface. So did the captain and first mate. They saw everyone was on the iceberg. The sailors tied the criminals up. Then the captain pulled the mask off the captain of the ghost ship. "Just as I thought," he said. "Jack Ransome, famous explorer. He wanted to keep everyone away from the treasure so he could take it. While doing that, he caused $500,000 in damage."
"You're right. When I figured out there was treasure here, I built my ship, submarine, and undersea probe and came here. I am sorry I sunk your ship, but the treasure is MINE!" Then Jack threw his pocket knife through the rope and it fell into the ocean. "I will defeat you and take the treasure!" he said. "BWA HA HA HA HA!"
Chapter 6 The Fight
I ducked under his first punch.
"Miss!" he said.
I delivered mine. He fell over. I knocked into him. He jumped onto me. I slid under his punch. He played limbo under my punch. I kicked out. He dodged. He karate-chopped and missed. He kept pushing me back, punch after punch, kick after kick.
"Captain! Look out!" cried the first mate.
I looked behind me. I saw a towering cliff. I slipped aside. Jack fell but held on.
"Help me," he said.
I could have thrown him into the sea. But I didn't. I pulled him up.
"Thank you," he said.
"The treasure is yours. I will pay for all the ships I sunk."
"Okay, I'll go into the ocean and release the sub and ghost ship," I said. "I'll use the sub claw to grab the treasure."
"I'll show you how to operate the submarine."
So we did. I sold the treasure to a museum, and Jack gave me enough money to buy a ship. Jack and I are now partners, and we sail the seas using Jack's gadgets to explore the sea floor. We made some very important discoveries, and we are now very famous explorers. We recently explored the challenger deep, and now we are taking a break from exploring. The first mate is building a new, stronger claw to use in our exploring. Then Jack encouraged us to write a book about this. So we worked, read edited and revised. Soon we published the book. It was an instant bestseller. Then we went back to exploring. One day, we were heading for Newfoundland, when something appeared on the radar screen...
The (maybe) End
Poems by Noah
10/7/09
I hit the P.I hit the O.
I hit the E.
I hit the M.
I hit the S.
I hit the POEMS!
10/13/09
I wouldand could
and shou-shouldn't
run away from
bath night.
10/13/09
If I run awayfrom bath night,
the police get me.
They give me to my
parents-
Then it gets nasty.
Poem Trouble
I wrote a poem:FAT
RAT
MAT
VAT
CHAT
CAT
It's a poem, right?
If that's not a poem, is this?
I AM FAT
I HAVE A MAT
I HAVE A RAT
I OWN A VAT
I CHAT
I HAVE A CAT
Thats a poem, isn't it?
Please tell me this one's a poem:
MY CAT IS LIKE A LION,
SHE LIKES HER MAT,
SHE LIKES TO LIE AROUND,
SHE IS VERY FAT.
Thank you.
Are you sure poems don't have to rhyme?
So this is a poem:
GREAT
FUNKY
GOOGLE
BOARD
LIFE
SUPER
MAN
Poems have to make sense?
Oh no!
10/21/09
keykey
key
key
key
key
KEY
KeY
kEy
key
key
keykeykeykeykeykey...
Ikeyamkeysickkeyofkeytypkeyingkey...
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a poem written by a man who doesn't exist
iF i doN"t eXisT< HoW cAn i wrItE A pOem?
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Proudly presenting... Noah's science project,
The Spiky Bacterium!
Habitat/Adaptions:
The tropical rainforest is where the Bacterium calls home. It get 80-180 inches of rain per year. This increases the risk of flooding, erosion, and leaching of nutrients from the soil. The rain forest has lots of diverse plants, and scientists believe that over half the world's plant species live there. The forest is very thick, and many places do not have much sunlight, while some have lots of sunlight. My plant has adapted waxy stems, flowers, and leaves to make the water run off.One stem of my plant climbs on top of a tree to the sunlight. It lives off a tree and gets minerals from that. It has bowls in its leaves to catch rainwater. The plant grows low on the tree and grows stems low on the ground so insects will pollinate it because there is not much wind.
Description:
The Spiky Bacterium is 7-8 ft tall, which is excluding the sunlight stem, which is 200-300 ft tall, depending on the height of the tree. The flowers are 6-12 inches across, and bright orange yellow. The plant is spiky and green. There is one leaf at the top of the sunlight stem, and 7 on the main stem. There are 4 seeding stems growing toward the floor. These each have about 4 flowers. The leafs are green. The plant is herbaceous.Life cycle:
The Spiky Bacterium is a perrinnial. Insects pollinate the flower by landing on the anther then flying to the stigma. The plant uses the pollen to make bacteria-shaped seeds. When the flower wilts, the seeds fall out and attach themselves to animals paws. After 5 minutes, the seed spins its propeller and comes free of the animal. The seed germinates a stem to 7-8 ft up the nearest tree. Then the seed maturates by growing a stem around the tree and growing a sunlight stem to the top of the tree, and finally growing its spikes and leaves. In the spring, the reproduction stem grows, and flowers open up. They are pollinated and produce seeds. After many years, the Bacterium snaps apart, and all stems fall off the tree and rot.Noah,
This is excellent, good use of detail and terms from our unit. Way to go!
Mr. K.
Mr. K,
Thank you.
Noah
The Bolivian deforestation looks like a mosaic by an abstract artist.
2291 S Havana St. Aurora, Araphahoe, Colorado, 80247-possible location of percy's first IM.
story
I was in a library looking for a hologram about how the internet was used for ancient history. I walked into a display case. On top of the case was a hologram about popular legends. I grabbed it. I turned it on and the guy who showed up looked like he just got out of bed and had been Holographic messaging his friends for 99% of his life.
He said, "Greetings! shall we begin with Antartica?"
I said,"Uh...sure."
He said,"Antartica was a continent long ago, from certain sources. According to some, it sunk around 2400 AD. Many have said it is a base for the IGGWN. Select of those have spread that there are entrances hidden from the naked eye to this continent. But just because I like you, the elect of population have said that there is a way to get to that place without becoming one with them; the golden key of Antartica!
0 0 0
I sat in ancient history class. The teacher was talking about the business uses of the internet tool called "facebook". I was H-Ming Sue, who was on lookout duty and watching enemy monitor. You couldn't be too careful with enemies all over the place.
"I'll show you the monitor,"said Sue. She turned off. Then the monitor came on. "The IGGWN are coming like triangles, the bubble pirates like dots, and the middletown gang like the claws."
Just then the building shook. An explosion. Uh-oh. I hope this is the lab. It wasn't. An anouncement said to jump out the window. I did. Then I headed to get my cat pilot. I got in my starship. Everybody's starship's lifted off. An announcement on the speaker said everyone was fine. Then I noticed enemies on the monitor moving away. We were safe. For now.
2500
The speech was execellent in every single area. I jumped in a star taxi.
"Where to?" the driver asked.
"D.C.," I replied. "National mall, steps of the Lincoln."
I pondered the speech. It was perfect. I began, the model in the tarp beside me.
"Friends! The outlaws of the galaxy have made the law weak! We need a new dominantary force in the galaxy! Therefore; I have plans for this force, I am ready to make it happen. All I need is your approval. I have made a model of one of these ships of this force, I have revised and edited this model, it is perfect as my idea. There is also one of the fighters under this curtain. Ladies and Gentlemen, I proudly present to you, The Incredibly Gigantic Galactic War Navy!"
As I said this, I pulled back the tarp. The fighter was better in every way than any other fighter, so was the starship. My force would take the law down! Travel space and destroy smaller forces! It would take over the galaxy.
Many of them took my side.
"IGGWN! Keith Hussel! IGGWN!"
They were convinced. Part A of my master plan was on track.
"Meow!" I meowed. That dog next door is up to no good. It was huge this time. Not the usual I'll-stick-my-fake-rubber-chicken-on-your-plate-while-I-eat-the-real-one-trouble, but big trouble. I spy on him from the rafters. He was doodling star-claws on his paper. He was making math caculations for computer chips that allowed dogs to shoot out their claws. He was ready. He started to get some dogs. They drooled while he explained. They agreed. Then they went in a shed. A few hours later they came out...with a ship. They inspected it and it was perfect. They got more dogs. Then they went back in the shed to work more.
We were following the IGGWN. An alarm went off. Some stick fighters would be after us. We headed off their trail and stopped on one of those "Welcome to the Jovian Planets!" rest stops. We weren't alone. Some Middletown dogs were there, too. They were sitting in front of us eating hot dogs. One noticed. Uh-oh. He shot his claws. I ducked. His claws got stuck in a wall. This happened repeadetly. On about the 86th time. I pulled a nut out of my pocket and threw it right between the gears holding the rest stop in place, the artificial gravity together, and the shipyard attached. I ran out to it. If we missed it, we were stuck. I grabbed Sue and got her in the ship. We lifted off. There goes some bad doggies. We were safe.
We headed after the IGGWN Hostile. We were nearing the Great Red Spot when a volley of junk came out the back. We had time to avoid it and look back when it forged itself into something dangerous...
"Wonderful," I said as I walked into the factory. It was in a bubble beneath the ocean. It was so secret. Only authorized members would be allowed in. The golden key would be well protected. The command ship was done. Two regular ships were done. All of the repair and build ships were done. It was time for launch. The pads were ready. Everything was ready. The gate was open to a portal to space. We would conquer the galaxy. The repair and build ships would build more ships. I walked into the report room. All Holovisions were working. The central HV blared the countdown to launch. 3.2.1.
"Seville Hopkinson will feel my revenge!" I said as I pressed the launch button. "Bwahahahaha!"
The hostile shrinker. It could shrink anything. Like a demo, the thing shot a beam of light that unfolded into a net. It shrunk a middletown gang cruiser to microsopic size.
Just then the cat's collar went,"fffffffffft!" Sue decided to fix it. Did I mention cat's collars talk? It wanted to tell us something was wrong. I figured it out just as Sue pornounced "There! Good as new!"
I quickly told her," I think we have bigger problems; we're about to fly into the Great Red Spot!"
Are you annoyed with me yet? I mean, cliffhangers everywhere, hard words, onconferciple intercuts? And words like you just read. Onconferciple. That is a nonsense word. We've only mentioned the key 2 times! If you want to see how this ends, cut to the last paragraph. Go ahead. Otherwise, keep reading.
Two good things and one bad:
#1: good: We made it out of the spot.
#2: bad: The engine malfunctioned.
#3: good: We all got in an oxegen flexible bubble.
So we climbed into the junk outlet on the Hostile. We climbed through the perfect model of a military starship. Sue and I wanderded around until we came to a starship room. It was a vast expanse of doors, decks and walkways. We walked around till we came to a luxury stick fighter.
We climbed into it and hit reverse. The door opened behind me and I dropped money out the window to pay for this thing. When we got out of the ship, I took my hands off the control to make the crew think this fighter malfunctioned, so the maintenance threw it off. When we were out of range, I sped out of the IGGWN fleet and tried to figure out what we were going to do. I thought we could look for the golden key of Antartica, but Sue thought we should destroy the IGGWN from the inside. We finally decided to do whatever came our way. The cat was guiding us through space when it took a catnap and we found ourselves in the bubble pirate fleet. They naturally opened fire. I should have told the guys we were not responsible for lost of blown-up starships.
Sue exclaimed, "Look! An unmanned bubble! And another!"
I replied,"Their pilots are coming toward us with engine damagers!"
I got in my oxegen bubble, (along with the cat) and so did Sue. I got in one and got out of the fleet. Back to the IGGWN, where no one would notice us.
I was, of course, wrong.
I was here. Right here. It was time for revenge. I walked out of the starship and rang the doorbell of the kid who always beat me up.
He opened and said,"Why, it's you, Keith! Come back to play?"
"Yes," I replied.
"Then, let's play!"
I punched him. He kicked me. This happened for a long time. We were behind the ramp...In front of the house...Tearing up the garden. Soon I got tired and jumped on the ramp. It lifted me into the ship. I took a portal to the report room. I told second-in-command to surround the house. But the law got there. I engaged them. I won. My rein of terror began. Part 4 done...Now for part 3. Where is he? That guy...he's escaping! Super speed! Stick fighters! Intercept him. Uh-oh! The law is back. Half force! Defeat law! Law defeated! Where's my fighter? I'll get Seville myself. Collision course. I don't care. BOOM! Explosion...Falling...Falling...Falling...Falling...Ouch...Hit Ground...Black.
I walked toward Seville's and Keith's room. They were really hurt. They had casts everywhere. I walked in and checked on them. They had just woken up. They were attacking each other. Eventually they went to sleep.
Sleep murmurs of Keith R. Hussel:
"Get Seville...Hopkinson...Ouch...AAAAHH...IGGWN."
Sleep murmurs of Seville Hopkinson:
"Get away...Hussel...Ouch."
Patient Keith R. Hussel medical records:
July 9-12 he was here. Had X-ray. Diagnosed with 5 broken bones. Unconcius for 2 days. Dissapeared on the 12. No clues whatsoever. X_
Patient Seville Hopkinson medical records:
Here July 9-12. Had X-ray. 3 broken bones. Dissapeared without a trace on the 12.
X_
One very dramatic alarm clock is when a sick fighter zooms by your starship, with cannons blazing. I turned my forcefield on. The IGGWN had it's entire force focused on blowing a space bubble to smithereans. The forcefield flickered. My engine exploded. I got my oxegen bubble. My stuff and cat got in it with me. I moved to the hostile shrinker. I was suprised when Sue came in, too. We moved out of the loading bay and moved through the main corridor. One room I remember passing is a room that shot the light. It contained a steering wheel, and 4 buttons. Then we came into the report room. Sue sat in a chair in the middle.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"Taking my true position," She replied, opening her fist to reveal a black IGGWN cruiser."I am the leader of the IGGWN, and a spy."
If Sue is your favorite character, you can drop this book and go read some book that doesn't involve favorite characters becoming spys. Maybe you would like Old Yeller. Otherwise, keep reading.
I was shocked. "How dare you spy for them!" I yelled."They're...uh...badguys!"
"You believe a lie," Sue whispered, her voice mixing with a stronger voice-a man's. She was turning blue."The IGGWN will crush the law and rule the galaxy. The golden key is well protected. No one will dare speak revolt!" Sue flickered, and dissapeared. Where she was standing was a tall man. I did what anybody would do. I grabbed the nearest thing, a doughnut and a cup of coffee. The Ex-Sue ordered a doze guards to get me. I dumped coffee on their shirts. I took the doughnut and threw it at someone. He fell over from surprise, and then I threw the cup and hit one, who started the domino effect. I ran out, and back to the shooting room. I moved the laser so it was facing a mirror. I pressed a button that said "slow fire." I kept running. Alarms. They knew what was going on. They evacuated. So did I. I was in my oxygen bubble. 1 hostile shrinker down. 599 ships to go.
Launch date, I assume. Dogs everywhere, helping build the claw things. Now everyone, except for one each ship, was getting in. The ones outside pushed a button and hurried along to another one. They got in. Then all claw things went off. I got in my cat cruiser and followed them.
I've had kittens! I'm teaching them to drive the ship so I can take naps. Soon there will be lots of flying cats!
A human found us. Now I am being helped teach kittens to drive. He wants me to teach and have more kittens. He makes me a nice home. I'm happy.
"Since the mysterious dissapearence of Keith Hussel, we now know you as supreme commander of the Incredibly Gigantic Galactic War Navy. Here is your ID." The attendent said as he handed me the card."Here is a portal to the report room." I took the portal and settled in. A HV turned on and and warned me about dangers. "Engage them," I said with a wave of my hand."They will meet each other once you pull the fleet up, and that will weaken them so we can come in for victory." I took a nap. When I woke up, we had won. We were supreme rulers of Galactia. Everyone else would be taken care of. But we had the advantage.
The cheapest air bubbles do pop. I found a house in some space junk and made it airtight. I attached it to the Hostile. It just released a volley of spaceships that must have been from several star cruisers. I latched onto one. It took me to another starship. Just as I entered, The Hostile crashed onto some planet. It had been evacuated. I had boarded the command ship. I saw Ex-Sue and followed him. He walked into a room filled with HV's. He saw me and stretched out his hand. A bunch of people attacked me. I picked up something on the floor. I poked the people and looked at it. It was a self-destruct button. I pressed it. It blew up. Oh great. I found a keyboard. I pressed self-destruct on the keyboard. I jumped in and oxygen bubble and so did Ex-Sue. Then the ship exploded. I got out of there and headed to planet X.
I landed in front of a base that said: "Golden Key of Antartica! Right here!" Okay. I swung on my hook to security entrance level. I picked the lock. Inside was a case holding a key. It was guarded by 2 guards. I had to get the key. I turned on a hologram to distract the guards. As soon as they were gone, I opened the case and got the key. It wasn't a key. It was a holo-map. I grabbed it and got out. An X. A blinking dot. I moved. The dot moved. I headed toward the X. Soon I was over the X. Some other people must have heard, because there were ships circling around in full battle mode, cannons blazing. I couldn't believe it. Ther was nothing there, except for a rock. I picked it up. It turned blue and melted. I was holding a key. I put it in my pocket, and I saw a stick fighter. It was for rent. Huh? I got on. Ex- Sue was there to. I told him,"Sorry! Unauthorized personnel aboard!" I turned the nose vertical, and opened the back hatch. Ex-Sue (We'll call him Mr.) fell out. I zoomed off and headed toward Earth, unaware that I was facing my greatest danger yet.
"Arghh...ye maties...hold 'n. Yen't a matie. Ope' 'ire! Ye say'ng wha' ? Hi'to'y ye wa't? Gu' He wa'ted jewe's a'd co'ns. Treasure! Arghh...Ye got treasure? Search ye, I'll. Ye no' un'er's'an'in, He'e's t'e egl'i'h s'ea'er."
"What my kind friend is communicating to you is that the founder of the bubble pirates was a greedy boy who wanted riches for himself; jewels, coins, etc. He recruited people like him and helped them build bubble ships. He continues by saying that those people got more people and continued building. The starter was replaced every generation. the pirates looted and when they got enough money they we-"
"I di'n't sey that. Ye ca'n't un'er's'an. Ye c'n g' n'w. By'!
"My deepest salutation and gratitude for your con-"
I returned to huge forces gathered over Earth. When they saw me, they opened fire, and the battle began. I had been taught well for this scenario, so I activated my learning. Turn on. I turn on the disguise hologram. I look like a normal stick fighter, not a luxury one. Go with the flow. I found a group of sticks and followed them. Dive. I'm out. The IGGWN will hold out longer than the others, But if I can infiltrate their Antartica base...I have the golden key. I zoomed toward earth. I came up on an island with a door way and recognition system. I found a slot and stuck the key in. It opened. I got in my ship and zoomed in. I was in some space with ice on the bottom and air bubble wall on top. An airfield, living quarters, and security building. Completely deserted. I got to bust this base. I threw a nut at the air bubble runner. It stopped. I got in my ship and zipped out. As I came out, the entrance folded into the island. Soon the forces would destroy each other.
Mr. stood on the platform above the jail. He confessed to being the leader of the IGGWN and was convicted guilty. He was banished to jail in Antartica. The air bubbles had been renewed. This also happened to the leaders of the Middletown gang and the bubble pirates. The rein of terror was over. At the big battle everyone destroyed each other. Their forces had no power. Their would always be a few, but not enough to terrorize the galaxy. There won't be peace. There isn't. I, Jack Frothy, hope there won't be a rein of terror for a few hundred years...
"A new age is coming, assistant," exclaimed Hennel Jackson. "The age of my rule over the galaxy approaches! I will use my massive fleet to conquer the galaxy bit by bit. If anyone speaks revolt, he or she will pay for it." He gritted his teeth. He was probably right. From this ship you could see the nearest planet without a break in ships. "With my iron fist, I will control the galaxy! Bwahahahaha!"
So untold millions screamed in fear, and were quickly supressed.
This paragraph was included for those of you who skipped to the end. It is most awful to do that, as it ruins the story.
A report on the topic of the French and Indian war
For the advancement of knowledge in areas unbeknowst to the general population, I have taken the burden upon myself to do a report on the topic of the French and Indian war. Without a doubt, this is one of the most overlooked topics in the history of the United States of America. It is listed in the list of Forgotten wars. So I looked through several sources to confirm my information, and now pass it on to you.
Events leading to the war
The Ohio Country was in hot dispute during the 1740's. France had buried lead plates suggesting it was theirs. England wanted to sell it to colonists. So, to reinforce the lead plate warning. France attacked the Miami village Pickawillinway, and forced British traders out. To protect their territory, French soldiers built forts in a chain around the Ohio country. After this, a letter from British soldier Robert Dinwiddie claimed:
"Sir, the country on the Ohio river... is so the property of the British that I am both surprised and [hurt] on hearing that a [band] of French troops is [building] fortresses...on this river."
A reply from the French military leader said:
"Whatever your insructions are, I also have mine, which are: to remain here by order of my general..."
Dinwiddie was mad and sent soldiers to protect a small trading post near present day Pittsburg. George Washington led the party. French took the post before he arrived and built Fort Duquesne (Du-kwAn) there. Washington realized his force was too small, so he backed out and built Fort Necessity. Both nations denyed the other access to the Ohio country.
Fort Duquesne
Fort Duquesne was on the current site of Pittsburg. It was built by the French. William Trent had a trading post on the site of the merging of the Allegheny and Monongahela. It was easy to get to, so he made lots of money. In 1754 the French took the post and built fort Duquesne. The French had captured other English outposts, and the British were going to fight to reclaim them. In 1758, the British finally triumphed and renamed the fort Fort Pitt after English prime minister William Pitt. In the Revolutionary war, the colonists claimed the fort. Later, the city of Pittsburg was named after this fort.
Fort Necessity
Fort Nesessity was built by George washington as a small stockade in 1754. The dispute over territory had led to war. The French built Fort Duquesne to defend the Ohio country as theirs. George Washington was sent to take the fort, but he realized his force of Virginia militiamen was too small. He retreated and built Fort Necessity. With his fort, Washington thought natives would realize Britain owned the land, and join his side. But on July 3rd, Natives and French overwhelmed the fort, and made Washington promise not to build another fort ofn the Ohio country for at least a year. He got safe passage home in exchange.
The war continues
In 1755, Major General Edward Braddock came to America to coquer Fort Duquesne. In the battle, Braddock himself fell. The French won. But later, the English were more succesful. They won a battle and built two new forts. In 1756, Britain declared war on France. The French had better luck. They took two English forts. But, in 1758, the British got the upper hand. The great British empire made peace with the Native Americans. The French knew their allies were gone, so they destroyed most of Fort Duquesne and ran. The English renamed it Fort Pitt. In 1759, the British laid Seige to Quebec. Quebec was the stronghold of New France. If it was surrendered, England would win. The world held its breath. The seige was succesful! The British owned the New world. The war continued in other countries, until the treaty of Paris.
Consequences of the war
At the treaty of Paris, the French handed over control of the land east of the Missisippi except New orleans to Britain. Spain got the rest. Meanwhile, in the the Americas, the Indians remained hostile to the British. Indian rebbelions lasted to 1764, when peace finally reigned. The British decided that since the war took place in the colonies, they should pay for it. This lead to taxes such as the Stamp act. The war was a terrirtorial loss for France, gain for Britain and Spain, and neutural for the colonies.
Places named after people in the war
Logan county, Ohio: Named after Mingo leader Logan. The settlers who disobeyed the proclamation by the British to not go west of the appalachian mountains, some of them killed members of Logan's family. This proclamation was made to try not to offend the Native Americans. Logan thought the English were against him. He spoke his feelings in Logan's Lament.
Washington D.C., numerous other places: Named after colonist George Washington. He played a major part in the whole Fort Duquesne/Necessity mess. Soon he would help liberate our country.
Pittsburg: Named after William Pitt. He was the Prime Minister and the one who decided to make the war in the New World England's victory. He sent a huge number of British troops into America to turn the tide of the war.
The French and Indian war was an utter waste, for European territorial purposes, a loss for everyone, population wise. The French and Indian war was in the middle of a chain reaction, started by greed: greed for territory, French and Indian war, treaty of Paris, taxes, Revolution. The Revolution was started by a desire for justice, not greed, and made the French and Indian war be a waste of life. Heed the lesson of history, or you may find it repeating itself in an unexpected way.
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